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Katyia28 October 2012 7:22PM

200 are marked "Bin" ? these are not letters but junk emails that reach our inbox and have to be manually deleted, despite a strict filter that blocks much more spam (and some genuine letters)

wouldn't it be more courteous to programme them as return to sender so that they would know they had been treated as second class - - -

Sometimes we simply run out of time, and an email that might usefully have been forwarded to someone, if we'd had time to work out or find out who that person might be, languishes in our inbox while we get on with editing the letters page. And sometimes we decide that an email should not be sent on to anyone: we have to bear in mind that we are not the only people at the Guardian dealing with a huge load of email every day, and that if we forward too much to a particular person or desk then the more important messages that we send on might be less likely to get noticed

in other words that is highly selective. Sounds like you are trying to justify something here - - - and that doesnt depend on what sort of criticism you received - - - this is about channeling people into their various respective american machiavellian pigeonholes - - - Skys the limit - - - bangs on wall - - - come off it we all know that criticism is only for privileged buller knob heads - - -

Katyia28 October 2012 8:06PM

What that means for parents like me is obvious enough: the knocking-away of accountability that currently underlies things such as occupational therapy, and help with our children's speech and language

whats that training for workfare?

All this seems comically antithetical to what habitually comes out of ministers' mouths: an officially sanctioned power-grab by often unreliable public institutions, at the expense of the few solid rights that parents currently possess

criminal - - -

do not forget that last spring, the plans arrived in a flurry of headlines about as many as 450,000 children being taken out of the category of special needs altogether, as if they had been put there thanks to a spasm of profligacy and trendy teaching

why are you trying to sex up an article about disabled children?

Once again, it seems, talk of empowerment and accountability masks the usual centralism

totalitarianism you mean - - -

"These reforms will put parents in charge, giving them better information and a comprehensive package of support that meets their needs."

guardians you mean - - - what I read between the lines here too - - - its not just about money its about the disabled having no autonomy no voice - - - or even the human right to move freely about their own country in peaceful assembly - - - the attempt to sex up the article is an assertion of that control with elements of the disabled persons own voice being subjugated and stolen as though they were just farm animals or house pets - - -
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Katyia28 October 2012 8:21PM

Response to cbarr, 28 October 2012 8:11PM

sometimes there is a bit of a blurry line between cohesion and coercion charr - - -
especially when there are vested and conflicted interests involved - - -

?We have been a provider of legal services and involved in systemic reform for 20 years. Obviously, I?m disappointed. There are a significant number of people with disabilities in D.C. who are not getting the services to which they are entitled under federal and D.C. law. The real tragedy here are persons with disabilities?
But IPACHI, headed for 20 years by longtime Barry pal Yetta Galiber, wasn?t the slightest bit inclined to turn on the District. Former employees allege that Galiber turned IPACHI into an Amway distributorship, enlisting mentally ill clients to make sales that swelled her bank account
?With massive changes in the health and mental health care systems being contemplated in the midst of the city?s financial crisis and federal program cutbacks, a vigilant external advocate is needed more than ever,? Moon said

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/10685/management-disability/